SQL server Benchmarking and creating Baseline
Hi ,I am planning to create baseline on all the SQL servers. What are the steps I need to carry on apart from setting up perfmon and analysying the results. These servers are existing production...
View ArticleHow to learn what LOCKS are in place?
I have a table, with an AFTER trigger on UPDATE or INSERT operation, which then uses some sp_OACreate operations (which takes awhile) and eventually updates additional columns in the affected rows.My...
View Articlelogin failed error Error: 18056, Severity: 20, State: 46.
HiĀ I am getting below error on our SQL Serverenvironment: SQL Server 2008 Standard edition SP1 64 bit running on Windows 2008 R2 SP2Got below error, the applications were not able to access later after...
View ArticleSQL Server Service will not start after enabling encryption
I am getting an error when I try to start the SQL Server service that reads as follows:The file '\\?\E:\SQL Instance\MSAS11.CNTRLSTSHRPNT0\OLAP\Data\CryptKey.bin' could not be opened. Please check the...
View ArticleCapacity Planning Agent from BMC on SQL SERVERS
Hi all,Plan to install Capacity planning agent from BMCĀ on sql Servers. Kindly share the experience if any. What will be the impact ? Does it affect the performance of the server...
View ArticleQuery is getting aborted...
Hi All, Query is getting aborted with below error, this message is actually generated by the app server, but i do not see any error from the database side. please let me know what could have gone...
View ArticleHide/Encrypt Database Structure form DBA Users
Hello.I want to ask for a question.I have a software which uses MS SQL database for storing data, i have to deploy this software different machines for different clients.The question is how can i...
View ArticleHelp me understand SQL server Memory allocation
I have gone through multiple metrials but these questions still haunts me. Can somebdoy help me understand this.Is Buffer pools is purely physical or it could be from virtual as well? database pages on...
View Articletempdb in SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition
Hi,I am using MS SQL Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition 32-bit, which is installed on a 64-bit Windows Server 2008 R2.Ā My inquiry is related to the "tempdb" database.1) What is the best practice to...
View ArticlePerformance Counters
Hi Gurus,how does a monitoring tool stores performance counters in time intervals.May u please explain the process what are processes the monitoring tool stores data history for specific time...
View ArticleError: "PRIMARY filegroup is full" when adding databse file
I have a database 'ErpDb' hosting in SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 64bit, running in Windows Server 2008 R2 64bit. This database has one .mdf and two .ndf datafiles in the PRIMARY filegroup. As the...
View ArticleUnable to restore
Hi, I run this in Sql server 2008 create database my_schema for attach FILENAME = 'c:\setup\my_schema.bak'; go But I've got this. Why? Msg 102, Level 15, State 1, Line 1 Incorrect syntax near...
View ArticleSQL SERVER Index VS Oracle Index
From following URL,we know SQL Server doesn't support Hash cluster indexes,B-Tree cluster indexes and Bitmap IndexesSo is there any similar functionality in SQL server for the Hash cluster...
View ArticleError in errorlog
Hi ,Any idea on the below errorl My sql server errorlog is filled with this error message. no space in the drive C:.. it completely eaten my disk space.the entire errorlog has this messages.Any reasons...
View ArticleDifference between uniqueidentifier and uiquifier?
Hi,I see there is a uniqueidentifier data type when creating a new field in SQL Server Management Studio. However, another expert told me there is also a data type called uniquifier. Their names are...
View Articleselect on system views blocking issue
Hello forumI wanted your input on next issue.I have blocking between 2 processes, Proc1 is blocking Proc2 on tab1 with LCK_M_SCH_S / Sch-S conflict.proc1: truncate table tab1Proc2: select encrypted,...
View Articledata format for hierarchyid
Hi,I create a field with hierarchyid data type. Then try to input some data, however, when I input a digit "1" or a text "a", sql server will always complain and said the data is invalid, and it does...
View ArticleSQL SERVER lock mechanism VS Oracle lock mechanism (lock escalation)
We know SQL server uses the properly lock escalation, but Oracle Database never escalates locks.So my question is what's the benefitĀ and disadventurecompares SQL SERVER lock escalation to "Oracle...
View ArticleIndex Reorganize
Hi ,I want to run DBCC index reorganize on Table (on PrimaryKey-Clustered index)But before running is there any way to know that how much time it will talk?
View ArticleRe:sillence installation on sql server question
i have install sql server 2008 at a time for 10 servers using command promptthanks & regards ,chakri
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